Josephine Stephenson World premiere of new commission SchumannPiano Concerto in A minor, Op.54MendelssohnSymphony no 4 in A Major, Op.90 (Italian)

Cambridge Summer Music regret to announce that this concert has been cancelled due to illness. Ticket holders will be contacted by the box office.

The chamber orchestra Outcry Ensemble draws together outstanding young professionals at the start of major international careers as orchestral, chamber and solo instrumentalists. Tonight they join with acclaimed young virtuoso Ivana Gavrić to perform a firm audience favourite – Schumann’s joyful piano concerto, a work suffused with passionate love for his soon-to-be wife Clara. The programme continues with Mendelssohn’s ebullient ‘Italian’ Symphony, evoking the sights and sounds of Italy, a piece described by one writer as “a musical rendition of the Italian blue sky”.

Renowned for performing either a world premiere or a work by a living composer at every concert, Outcry opens this evening’s performance with the premiere of a new piece by Josephine Stephenson.